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Job Description

Use nets, fishing rods, traps, or other equipment to catch and gather fish or other aquatic animals from rivers, lakes, or oceans, for human consumption or other uses. May haul game onto ship.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 45-3011.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 30,740.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 14.00
Currently, there are 520 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Fishers and Related Fishing Workers”.

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Tasks for “Troller”

Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.

Related Technology & Tools

Set nets
Hook counters
Scuba diving equipment
Longline blocks
Scottish seines
Hoop nets
Trammel nets
Half-face respirators
Midwater trawls
Fish transfer pumps
Commercial fishing line sinkers
Handlines
Distress flags
Gillnetters
Multibeam sonar equipment
Magnetic compasses
Crab tongs
Drogues
Electric windlasses
Boat hooks
Personal computers
Skiffs
Marine fire extinguishers
Inflatable life rafts
Bilge pumping systems
Gaffs
Gill nets
Mooring lines
Safety vests
Trolling blocks
Pair trawls
Hand windlasses
Polyballs
Emergency position-indicating radio beacons
Commercial fish or shark hooks
Fish tag guns
Marine first aid equipment
Acorn buoys
Wood shell blocks
Fish pots
Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
Pound nets
Stow nets
Fixed blade knives
Dip nets
Fish magnets
Float lines
Foam-filled marine fenders
Gypsy hoists
Snatch blocks
Dogbones
Trollers
Small decked fishing vessels
Cast nets
Fishing pliers
Otter trawls
Weir traps
Longline haulers
Life throw rings
Chain stoppers
Drift nets
Trap harnesses
Pot haulers
Eel traps
Crab pots
Crab nets
Hand crimpers
Lobster pots
Harpoons
Immersion suits
Undecked fishing vessels
Stake nets
Radio buoys
Trawlers
Power blocks
Brailers
Fishing dredges
Hand capstans
Bullet buoys
Hydraulic windlasses
Thimbles
Anchor chains
Marine hard hats
Tablet computers
Bench-mounted crimpers
Net cleaning machines
Marine sextants
Fishing life preservers
Knuckle-boom cranes
Laptop computers
Wire rope cutters
Distress flares
Dehookers
Fishing poles
Purse seines
Jigging machines
Shrimp winches
Fathometer sonar equipment
Lobster traps
Hook files
Danish seines
Planers
Bait freezers
Net haulers
Fishing utility knives
Line setters
Seiners
Large decked fishing vessels
Jigs
Line haulers
Marine radar reflectors
Marine radar navigation systems
Anchor release hooks
Longline spools
Digital spring balance scales
Electric bottom-fishing reels
Downriggers
Groundlines
Strobe lights
Bait nets
Beach seines
Sink lines
Longline snaps
Deck winches
Ice shovels
Leader carts
Searchlight sonars
Radio direction finders RDF
Fishing scissors
Slat boxes
Satellite radios
Hook timers
Trotlines
Mooring buoys
Triplex trawls
Commercial fishing vessel lifeboats
Fish finders
Fishing rowboats
Pneumatic marine fenders
Fishing dinghies
Hydraulic capstans
Pulse trawls
Anchors
Fishing spears
Balloon trawls
Toggles

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